If this is the best Facebook can do to tell me the people I may know, they need to snoop in my profile a little better.

Ana Rosa:

• I’m not sure which one she is. I’m guessing the one holding her boobs.
• Duck lips?
• These two look like they are 14 years old.
• Harvard? Yeah, sure.

This wasn’t a one-time suggestion. Facebook keeps thinking I may know her. I can’t get rid of her. She’s stalking me!

Maybe this is some twisted Facebook Father’s Day prank.

Not funny Facebook. Pictures like this can get geezers like me in trouble.

The majority of veterans who served in the Korean War are now in their 80s. The opportunity is fleeting to thank these remaining heroes and their families who served and sacrificed 60 years ago in the “Forgotten War.”

Thirty-three thousand Americans lost their lives in the Korean War, another 100,000 were wounded and 7,000 remain missing in action. Surveys indicate that many school age American youth have never heard of the Korean War. This year, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Armistice signing that ended the conflict, it is time to educate this young generation. If not now, when?

Last year, Congress named 2013 the “Year of the Korean Veteran,” and the Department of Defense 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Committee has planned “Heroes Remembered” on Saturday July 27, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. EST.

National leaders, veterans and patriotic citizens will attend the ceremony (broadcast live) at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. with a simultaneous ceremony taking place in Seoul. Both events will feature a special salute to Korean War Veterans, recognition of UN Allies, a ceremonial wreath laying and a symbolic silencing of the guns both in D.C. and Seoul.

Visit www.koreanwar60.com/27july.

If you know a Korean War vet…request a Department Of Defense certificate of appreciation for a veteran or a family of a veteran http://koreanwar60.com/webform/official-dod-certificate-appreciation-form-0

Check out and like https://www.facebook.com/KoreanWar60

In our family there are to CPAP users. Except we call them Cpapa because that’s the typo that most commonly occurs when we are chatting about our experiences.

A pillow especially for Cpapa users might be kinda useful for some, but I seem to sleep just fine without this sleep aid.

Woot.com offered this pillow on their site and as usually for them, came up a description that defies conventional copywriting.

Not sure I agree totally with the copywriter that penned this prose for a pillow especially for CPAP users.
I think you can dress up as a super hero and go to bed… here I am as Ghostrider from Top Gun…

But if you think your writing skills need a challenge, I dare you to come up with a better sales pitch than this “do and don’t” list from the wicked minds at Woot.com

When deciding on a pillow for your CPAP device, one must consider the DOs and DO NOTs of pillow ownership. You can rest assured that we have designed an exhaustive list of all the different possibilities and sorted them accordingly. Please check the list inside should you have any questions regarding CPAP Pillow ownership.

DO: enjoy the patented hollow areas that will alleviate pressure on the mask area.

DO NOT: assume that you can dress up as a superhero and go to bed. Wearing a costume carries certain responsibilities, after all.

DO: respect the contoured shape that will support your head and neck.

DO NOT: expect this pillow to support your head and neck all the way through graduate school. Attempt to find a scholarship or perhaps, a job?

DO: accept that the high quality design will sustain for years of use.

DO NOT: attempt to travel in time with this pillow. Time travel voids any and all warranties related to this purchase (and could possibly trigger an alternate future where you yourself owe US money!)

DO: feel free to note that CPAP is kind of a funny name.

DO NOT: assume that CPAP is a programming language. CPAP is unsuitable for anything more advanced than a sundial.

After they picked out a Staghorn Fern, we stopped at Chicharronera El Trapiche that is just down the road from the nursery. We had a great lunch. Afterwards Jim and I were checking out all the antique tools hanging on the wall. Jim commented that this was the Costa Rica version of Cracker Barrel!

When we started asking questions about the tools, the guy that waited on us took us to this painting and asked if we knew about it.

We didn’t… so he invited us to come around to the back of the restaurant and there was a giant sugar cane press! To add to the serendipity of the moment – the day before we had just purchased a Tapa de Dulce and made the traditional Costa Rica breakfast drink. Yes, in the land of coffee, sugar water made with Tapa de Dulce is preferred.

Made from the “typical” local ingredient “Tapa de Dulce”, these familiar (or not so familiar) molded small cakes of firm compacted brown sugar product are very similar to the North American “brown sugar” we buy in a bag.

Also known in many Costa Rican homes simply as “Bebida”, the sugary cane liquid is extracted, boiled, evaporated and eventually poured into conical molds, which are cooled, at which time the tops are cut off making them tapas (“lids”). The traditional drink of “Agua Dulce” is made by cutting or scraping off a bit of the tapa and gently dissolving it in boiling water or hot milk. Delicious!

Tapa de Dulce can be also be served cold with lemon. It is touted as a cure for the flu too. Read all about Tapa De Dulce here.

The sugar cane press was huge! and powered by two oxen – which were taking a break. The liquid is squeezed from the cane, collected in a vat, transferred to other vats, cooked, then transferred to molds. What an amazing process.

Manufacture of Tapas De Dulce in Costa Rica is rare. There are few places left that still use ox to power the press. It is immensely labor intensive. Hot hard work for little monetary reward.

As so often happens in Costa Rica our first encounter with the gruesa (thick) man was tentative in his dealing with us Gringoes.

But when he showed us around his “back shop” he opened up and his pride gave us another special moment in Costa Rica. He smiled, he joked, he was patient as we asked “stupid”questions over and over to try and understand the process. He was a great guy.

I’m still shaking my head at what a great experience it was. If your in Atenas, head out to Morazan for lunch and see if you can wrangle a tour like we had.

And my dentist will be happy to know that sweet water is on my list of favorite drinks.

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